Table with the preference order for different alternatives to Daylight Savings Time.
Like most right-thinking Americans I loathe the time change. Especially "spring forward." But I suspect we're stuck with it thanks to Arrow's Impossibility Theorem. Here's my guess as to the constituencies. #econsky what do you think?
Not a bad time to consider supporting one of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza: afedj.org/institution/...
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons
(between images of a map showing the nearly 600 No Kings Day events planned for March 28) NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. NO KINGS. MARCH 28 NOKINGS.ORG
The map for No Kings Day just went live with nearly 600 peaceful protests planned across all 50 states (including our flagship event in the Twin Cities).
Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if there’s currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Loved Time’s Echo as well. Had a go at writing about it here: open.substack.com/pub/theenthu...
Loved this interview. After listening to it I wrote a piece on Eichler’s Time’s Echo here: open.substack.com/pub/theenthu...
hat tip to @laphamsquarterly.bsky.social for their delightful interview with Jeremy Eichler which introduced me to his book! www.laphamsquarterly.org/content/epis...
Time's Echo by @jeremy-eichler.bsky.social is a truly remarkable book about music and memory, narrating works by Schoenberg, Strauss, Britten, and Shostakovitch, and meditating on their attempts to grapple with WWII and the Holocaust. I wrote about it here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
“What is it then, the human instinct to salvage? To frame out a new roof? To stitch a button back? To help a stranger? To imagine life might extend beyond your field of vision?” Great piece by Kate Harrison Belz on joys and consolations of thrifting. (No paywall) open.substack.com/pub/theenthu...
(around the No Kings logo, images of megaphones, and a photo of protesters holding signs that read “ICE OUT”) MARCH 28 NO KINGS NO THRONES. NO CROWNS.
The date for the next No Kings Day is set.
But this is a save the date, not a “sit back and wait.” 🧵
This is reminding me of the “neo-Dworkinite” feminist biker gang that disrupts a basketball game in Infinite Jest. Bring it on I say!
So true! Just reading it as well and surprised at how funny the Cetology chapter is. First go around I thought it was a slog.
Was thinking about it because I’m also pretty proud of the follow-up: open.spotify.com/playlist/0BL...
Wrote about it in a Substack post here: open.substack.com/pub/theenthu...
Pretty proud of this playlist I made of songs I like to sing with my kids, anchored by the great John McCutcheon: open.spotify.com/playlist/3oB...
Interesting discussion under this thread:
This is reminding me that one (possibly apocryphal) story for the origin of Baye’s law is the Rev. Bayes wanted to prove Jesus rose from the dead.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
Oh yeah grew up on that. Creationism another great example of a fake discipline people have spent their one wild and precious life on.
I think about this a lot. Maybe because I grew up with “apologetics” which was like fake philosophy for evangelicals.
Yes. They absolutely do. Kids totally blow their reserves of self-control then fall apart when they feel safe 😂
is There moral significance to which vice you hate most? Judith Shklar put cruelty first. So did Zadie Smith in her novel The Fraud. My latest in The Enthusiast: open.substack.com/pub/theenthu...
It was a privilege to contribute to this very nice paper on factors contributing to silvopasture adoption:
Feel this.
The snow leopard is a legendary elusive cat... so much so that they've become known as the "ghost cat." Now in Mongolia, camera trap data and footage are helping to protect the species.
Get up close with more snow leopard footage here: https://nature.ly/48eGPuu
🎥 courtesy of: Erica Anderson
Strong agree. Just gotta sit back, relax, and let the umpteen Robert Pattinsons wash over you.
Great reading list here. Plus one to @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com recommending Sen’s Development as Freedom. Moral touchstone for me that relates to everything from development to immigration to disability rights.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
I don’t know who needs to hear this (maybe just past me) but MASS has a select() function so load it after dplyr at your peril! #rstats
